They are blind people
They are mentally retarded
They are deaf and dumb
Period 20

UNIT 4 SPECIAL EDUCATION

Đ1. READING PRACTICE

Daily activities
reading
listening
watching
playing sports
talking
writing
speaking
cooking
WHAT ABOUT BLIND AND DEAF PEOPLE ?
A)Skimming -reading silently once then find out new words and new structures
*)New words and structures;
- to be disabled: tàn tật
- dumb (n) :ngưòi câm
- mentally retarded (adj.): trẻ chậm phát triển
- opposition (n): sự phản đối
- gradually (adv): dần dần
- make great efforts = try : cố gắng
- poor kids : những đứa trẻ tội nghiệp
- time -consuming :sự tiêu tốn thời gian
- demonstration (n): sự chứng minh
- subtract (v): trừ
- add (v): cộng
Tàn tật:

Người câm:

Trẻ chậm phát triển:

Cố gắng:

Những đứa trẻ tội nghiệp:


disabled
dumb
mentally retarded
make great efforts
poor kids
Task 1
II. TASK 2 (WORK IN PAIRS)

1.Thuy`s class is different from other classes because the children.
A. are from large families
B. are less mentally developed
C. love Maths very much
D. are disabled

D. are disabled
2. At first the parents were . the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in

B. opposed to

C. satisfied with
D. worried about

B. opposed to

B. a lot of protest from the parents against the class.
C. a feeling of doubt in the teacher`s ability.
D. a belief in the parents` opposition.
4. The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that....
the teacher is proud of her work.
the children like Maths .
5. The writer`s attitude towards Thuy`s work in the passage can be described as..........
A. humorous B. angry
C. suspicious (adj.) : hay hoài nghi
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been...

A. a change in the parents` attitudes towards the class.

C. the teaching work takes time.

D. adding and subtracting are important.

A. a change in the parents` attitudes towards the class.

C. the teaching work takes time.

D. admiring

D. admiring

C).POST - READING
* Read the passage carefully again. Then fill one suitable word in each blank. ( work in groups)
Twenty - five (1) . children have the change of learning how to (2) . and
(3) .thanks to the (4) . of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy.
Although her idea, at first, met with (5) . from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is (6) .. For example, in a (7) . lesson, the teacher has to use her (8) . and (9). fingers to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now (10) . and happy.


C).POST - READING
* Read the passage carefully again. Then fill one suitable word in each blank. ( work in groups)
Twenty - five disabled children have the change of learning how to read and write thanks to the efforts of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy.
Although her idea, at first, met with opposition from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is time- consuming . For example, in a Maths lesson, the teacher has to use her arms and fingers to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now proud and happy.